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1 /* Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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17 02111-1307 USA. */
19 #ifndef _MCHECK_H
20 #define _MCHECK_H 1
22 #include <features.h>
24 __BEGIN_DECLS
26 /* Return values for `mprobe': these are the kinds of inconsistencies that
27 `mcheck' enables detection of. */
28 enum mcheck_status
30 MCHECK_DISABLED = -1, /* Consistency checking is not turned on. */
31 MCHECK_OK, /* Block is fine. */
32 MCHECK_FREE, /* Block freed twice. */
33 MCHECK_HEAD, /* Memory before the block was clobbered. */
34 MCHECK_TAIL /* Memory after the block was clobbered. */
38 /* Activate a standard collection of debugging hooks. This must be called
39 before `malloc' is ever called. ABORTFUNC is called with an error code
40 (see enum above) when an inconsistency is detected. If ABORTFUNC is
41 null, the standard function prints on stderr and then calls `abort'. */
42 extern int mcheck (void (*__abortfunc) (enum mcheck_status)) __THROW;
44 /* Similar to `mcheck´ but performs checks for all block whenever one of
45 the memory handling functions is called. This can be very slow. */
46 extern int mcheck_pedantic (void (*__abortfunc) (enum mcheck_status)) __THROW;
48 /* Force check of all blocks now. */
49 extern void mcheck_check_all (void);
51 /* Check for aberrations in a particular malloc'd block. You must have
52 called `mcheck' already. These are the same checks that `mcheck' does
53 when you free or reallocate a block. */
54 extern enum mcheck_status mprobe (void *__ptr) __THROW;
56 /* Activate a standard collection of tracing hooks. */
57 extern void mtrace (void) __THROW;
58 extern void muntrace (void) __THROW;
60 __END_DECLS
62 #endif /* mcheck.h */